Instead I'm reminding myself that life throws you curveballs at every turn, and you need to learn to duck, but also catch those curveballs and throw them back. It just doesn't make sense to hold onto them, dwell on them, and let them erode your sanity.

To my twenties, although I did not want you to end, at the point in time, I did not always appreciate you. I did not believe in the process, or the necessary lessons, and just thought life was often being unfair and unnecessarily hard on me...

You can sit at your leisure and have the company of locals, foreigners, or you can find a spot to be alone with your thoughts. It's a truly beautiful place, and the historic centre was actually named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005, in case you needed more than just my recommendation.

...and asked but why Cuba? My response was why not? Cuba is beautiful, and it's a time capsule of sorts. This will be changing in the near future, as tourism increases, and the government puts measures in places to accommodate this, and I wanted to visit now before things change too much. I wanted to experience Cuba in its natural, purest form, ...

There are so many amazing travel Youtubers/Instagrammers/bloggers right now, but the below are just the YouTubers I've come across and liked enough to not just subscribe, but regularly check in and watch the new content they upload...

...often complain that there’s not much to do in T&T. That’s really very far from the truth. It’s just that we don’t appreciate the places in our backyard, and yes even a three hour drive to Matelot is in our backyard,

You may still get a hint of heat, but it will be so perfectly combined with the other ingredients, whether it be ginger, soy sauce, or magic that you'll just enjoy the explosion of flavour in your mouth.